2022 Indian vice presidential election

An election for Vice-President of India was held on 6 August 2022. The announcement was made by the Election Commission of India. Article 56(1) of the Constitution of India provides that the Vice President of India shall remain in office for a period of five years and held on 6 August 2022. The winner of this election was Jagdeep Dhankhar who replaced Venkaiah Naidu as Vice President of India.

On 16 July 2022, Jagdeep Dhankhar the then serving Governor of West Bengal was nominated as a vice-presidential candidate by the BJP. On 17 July 2022, Margaret Alva was announced as the vice-presidential candidate by the United Progressive Alliance and some non-UPA Parties. Hence, Jagdeep Dhankhar won the election by 528 votes defeating the United Opposition candidate Margaret Alva.

Candidates
 Name Born Alliance Positions held Home state Date announcedRefx100px Jagdeep DhankharKithana, RajasthanNational Democratic AllianceGovernor of West Bengal (2019-2022)
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs (1990-91)
Lok Sabha MP from Jhunjhunu (1989-91)
Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Kishangarh (1993-98)Rajasthan 16 July 2022 x100px Margaret AlvaMangaluru, KarnatakaUnited Progressive AllianceRajya Sabha MP from Karnataka (1974-1998)
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs (1984-1985, 1993-1996)
Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (1985-1989)
Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (1991-1996)
Lok Sabha MP from Kanara (1999-2004)
Governor of Rajasthan (2012-2014)
Governor of Uttarakhand (2009-2012)
Governor of Gujarat (2014)
Governor of Goa (2014)Karnataka17 July 2022

Results

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|align="left"|Jagdeep Dhankhar||align="left"|BJP || 528 || 74.37%
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|align="left"|Margaret Alva||align="left"|INC || 182 || 25.63%
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|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||710 ||
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|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||15 || 
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|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout|| 725||
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|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||55 || 
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|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Electors|| 780|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
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References

Category:2022 elections in Asia
Category:2022 in India